Verizon announces the HTC Droid Eris, launches the LG Chocolate Touch
Verizon Wireless has finally announced the HTC Droid Eris – basically, this is a remade HTC Hero (already available in the US via Sprint).
As rumored, Verizon will sell the Droid Eris for 99.99 on contract (after a $100 mail-in rebate) starting November 6, the same day when the more expensive Motorola Droid becomes available.
The features [...]
HTC HD2 starts shipping in Europe and Asia, will hit the US in 2010
HTC’s latest flagship Windows Mobile phone, the HD2, is now shipping in Europe and Asia (Taiwan will be the first Asian country to get it, in mid-November).
Moreover, HTC and Microsoft have also unveiled that the HD2 would be available in the US in early 2010, offered by a “major carrier”. Verizon? AT&T? T-Mobile maybe? We’ll [...]
HTC is working on next gen “Virtual Book” touch UI
Nowadays, every mobile company in the world is hard at work to come up with the best user interface for their mobile touchscreen devices.
Samsung is developing TouchWiz, LG has S-Class, Nokia has S60 5th edition (Now Symbian^1) and Maemo 5, Sony Ericsson has their panels, even Acer has come up with it’s [...]
Verizon’s HTC Droid Eris shows up in press and hands-on photos
Although it’s not officially announced, the HTC Droid Eris has appeared in a press photo, as well as in two clear hands-on photos.
The Droid Eris should be Verizon’s second Android smartphone, after the Motorola Droid – in fact, previous rumors have it that the Eris will actually be available at the same time with the [...]
HTC unveils YOU advertising campaign, Quietly Brilliant brand
HTC, one of the world’s largest smartphone makers, announced a new global ad campaign, as well as a new brand positioning – Quietly Brilliant.
The HTC YOU campaign has a pretty smarty tagline: “You don’t need to get a phone. You need a phone that gets you”, and it represents the Taiwan-based company’s commitment “to focus [...]
Sense UI update for HTC Magic is here. Only in Taiwan for now
When HTC launched the Sense UI on a Hero Android handset, I was mightily impressed.
And, very soon, I started getting questions from readers, who already bought HTC Magic handset with plain vanilla Android UI, whether there is any way to get Sense skin on Magic. Well, on G1/Dream too.
I know that HTC promised to port [...]
Verizon’s HTC Desire shows up in the… dark
When Verizon and Google announced that they would launch several Android phones, they presented the Motorola Droid and an unnamed HTC handset. Well, this HTC handset seems to be the HTC Desire, which has just appeared in a leaked photo.
Details are scarce at the moment, but the Desire is probably similar in features with Sprint’s [...]
New HTC Android phone leaked, might be the Dragon
An unknown HTC phone has recently appeared in some leaked photos, running Android and looking pretty good. The phone is supposed to be the HTC Dragon, of which we first heard about two weeks ago.
The handset we can see in the photos below seems to be a GSM phone. It has a large touchscreen display [...]
3 UK-Spotify deal confirmed; HTC Hero to get Spotify before Christmas
A few days ago, we were telling you that Telia plans to launch Spotify phones in Sweden, and that Spotify may partner with 3 UK, too.
Well, the deal with 3 UK has just been confirmed and, later this year, it will bring phones bundled with Spotify’s music service.
Pricing details have not been unveiled. However, we [...]
TattooMyHTC launched, obviously for the HTC Tattoo
HTC has just launched the TattooMyHTC service, which allows users to customize a HTC Tattoo smartphone for as low as €11.99.
Since the Tattoo is HTC’s first Android smartphone to come with removable covers, customers have the freedom to make it look the way they want. By visiting the new service’s official website, you can either [...]